The Relationship of Students’ Conceptual Mastery and Problem Solving on Rigid Body

Authors

• Firmanilah Kamil, Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, West KalimantanFollow
• Parno Parno, Pendidikan Fisika Pascasarjana, Universitas Negeri MalangFollow
• Arif Hidayat, Pendidikan Fisika, Universitas Negeri MalangFollow

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between students mastery of concepts and problem solving on the rigid body lesson. This research was a correlational study. The research sample consisted of 64 students of 12th class of the state senior high schools were selected using purposive random sampling. The research instrument consisted of multiple choice questions to measure students ‘mastery of concepts and problem descriptions to measure students’ problem-solving. The average value of students’ mastery of concepts and problem solving students respectively were 52.81 (11.98) and 31.95 (10.06). Data results of both tests were analyzed with Pearson product moment correlation. The results showed a positive correlation between mastery of concepts to problem-solving student.

First Page

35

Last Page

42

Recommended Citation

Kamil, Firmanilah; Parno, Parno; and Hidayat, Arif (2019) "The Relationship of Students’ Conceptual Mastery and Problem Solving on Rigid Body," Jurnal Pendidikan Sains: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17977/jps.v7i2.12515
Available at: https://citeus.um.ac.id/jps/vol7/iss2/1